Republican strategist Karl Rove scrutinized the current state of the U.S. economy, the federal deficit and the Obama administration Tuesday in the Student Union Ballroom to a crowd that included dozens of vocal protesters.
The 62-year-old former Bush administration official was interrupted multiple times by groups of pe...

More than 10 University of Massachusetts students seem to have secured Amherst Town Meeting seats.
According to unofficial results from Tuesday's town election, of the 83 open Town Meeting spots, 11 were claimed by UMass students.
Among the students who appear to have won seats is Student Government Association P...

The 15th annual Freedom Seder was presented by a joint committee of members from the Black Student Union, Muslim Students Association, Intervarsity Christian Fellowship, Bahá'í Club and the Office of Religious and Spiritual Life on Monday evening,
This Seder was adapted from the traditional Passover Seder to include educational aspects of multiculturalism a...

Former Deputy Chief of Staff and Senior Advisor to President George W. Bush, Karl Rove, will speak at the University of Massachusetts [1] on Tuesday about America’s future and moving forward, as well as the future of the Republican Party.
Rove is often considered to have been “The Architect”...

The Town of Amherst polls will open today for the annual town elections, in which at least 15 University of Massachusetts students will be vying for election for a Town Meeting seat.
The Town Meeting is projected to be made up of roughly 250 seats and it is expected that there will be 24 elected members from e...

Due to the large number of off-campus gatherings, including one on Hobart Lane, which was said to be part of the “Hobart Hoedown,” there were a number of alcohol-related arrests in Amherst this weekend.
According to the Amherst Police Department, precautions were taken for this weekend in preparation for e...

Alpha Delta Phi member Tom Irwin is used to shaving his head for charity, having done it a total of three times.
“The first time I did it for my cousin, and I kind of fell off in high school,” Irwin said. “But I heard they were doing it here, and I jumped right on board.”
Irwin’s younger cousin had lung cancer as...

Amherst Police broke up a crowd of about 100 people on Hobart Lane and cleared a gathering of between 400 and 500 people at the Townehouse apartment condominiums on Meadow Street Saturday afternoon, officials said.
Police cleared out the gathering on Hobart Lane – which was said to be part of the ...

Calling for an end to sexual assaults on campus, officials from the Northwestern District Attorney’s Office on Friday premiered a series of three public service announcements aimed at raising awareness of the issue.
The 30-second videos, which feature local students, were shown during the Campaign...

A group of University of Massachusetts students have banded together to join a growing national movement aimed at convincing colleges and universities to pull their investments from fossil fuel companies.
The newly formed Fossil Fuel Divestment Campaign is circulating a petition to UMass President Rob...

The University of Massachusetts campus will be seeing an influx of shaved heads come Sunday.
Members of the Alpha Delta Phi fraternity, along with the UMass Police Department, will be sporting their newly shaven heads at the fraternity’s fourth annual fundraising event for the St. Baldrick’...

For years, athletes have been viewed as icons for children growing up, idolizing their favorite players from their favorite teams. But after Nike ran a commercial in 1993 of Charles Barkley stating that he is not a role model, the question began to be tossed around: should athletes be role models?
That...

Jillian Smick ('21) and Meghan Maynard ('18) encouraging excitement for #ILoveUMassDay to help the Student Alumni Association in the Campus Center on Wednesday, February 14, 2018. Photo by Erica Lowenkron.